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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Laurie says that from what age in Jacob's life, other kids had started to turn up hurt around Jacob?
(a) 2.
(b) 3.
(c) 6.
(d) 5.

2. What is NOT a descriptor Andy uses to describe Neal?
(a) Thinning hair.
(b) A potbelly.
(c) Short.
(d) Tall.

3. How does Andy say he feels about men of his father's generation?
(a) He loathes them.
(b) He feels a childish attraction toward them as father figures.
(c) He fears them.
(d) He feels a protective affinity for them.

4. How does Jacob behave at the shiva held by Ben's family?
(a) He talks and laughs with friends.
(b) He disappears for an hour.
(c) He sits by himself staring into his phone.
(d) He comforts Ben's mother.

5. In what substance is a single fingerprint stamped upon the inside of Ben's sweatshirt?
(a) Blood from an unidentified source.
(b) Mustard.
(c) Ink.
(d) Ben's blood.

6. At what time in their lives had Laurie and Andy met?
(a) In high school.
(b) In their thirties.
(c) In college.
(d) Just after college.

7. Who finds the military knife in Jacob's room?
(a) Andy.
(b) Officer Duffy.
(c) Neal.
(d) Laurie.

8. When Dan tells Andy that it does not matter what happens to him now that Ben is dead, what is NOT an example he provides?
(a) A stain on the highway.
(b) A drug addict.
(c) A thief.
(d) A bum.

9. Whom does Andy find in the upstairs bedroom of Ben's family's home when he goes to retrieve an object?
(a) Ben's grandmother.
(b) Ben's mother.
(c) Ben's father.
(d) Ben's sister.

10. One morning while on a run, Andy alters his route of late and goes to whose apartment?
(a) Matthew's.
(b) Patz's.
(c) Duffy's.
(d) Neal's.

11. What is NOT listed as a reason that Jacob hardly ever uses the telephone?
(a) He considers phone calls too intimate.
(b) He considers phone calls inefficient.
(c) He considers phone calls archaic.
(d) He considers phone calls awkward.

12. How many associates does Jonathan have in his law practice?
(a) 2.
(b) 1.
(c) None.
(d) 3.

13. What object does Andy go to retrieve from an upstairs bedroom in Ben's family's house?
(a) His coat.
(b) His briefcase.
(c) Ben's hairbrush.
(d) Ben's journal.

14. At the time of Neal's questioning of Andy in front of the grand jury, what position does Neal hold?
(a) Legal Assistant.
(b) County Clerk.
(c) First Assistant.
(d) Deputy Prosecutor.

15. The Middlesex County Courthouse where Andy works is filled with what material?
(a) Pink insulation.
(b) Concrete.
(c) Asbestos.
(d) Birds' nests.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is NOT a characteristic named by Andy when he tells the reader why he had liked Neal upon their first meeting?

2. What change does Andy NOT make to his running routine once Jacob is indicted for murder?

3. In what year does Neal subpoena Andy to appear in front of the grand jury?

4. Whom does Andy order to get a confession from Patz?

5. Who takes over the prosecution of the case involving Ben's murder after Andy is removed?

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